When the Lord Will Not Repent
Read: Jeremiah 4:19-28 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. […]
Christmas in India
Members of Words of Hope’s Dogri language team in India were able to host a Christmas celebration in a village about 40 miles from their studio. The village is located in the hills, in an area where gospel outreach began only a few years before.
For the Sake of God’s Name
Read: Daniel 9:1-23 For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name. (vv. […]
Remembering
Read: Psalm 78:7-39 . . . so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments . . . (v. 7) I’m one of those people who feels everything. I typically can’t even watch the news and expect to sleep for thinking of the horrors […]
A Prayer and Tears Change God’s Mind
Read: 2 Kings 20:1-19 Behold, I will heal you . . . and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake. (vv. 5-6) […]
God Waits to Turn Toward Us in Mercy
Read: Isaiah 30:15-21 The Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him . . . He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. (vv. 18-19) […]
After Broken Vows
Read: Judges 16:15-31 “Sovereign Lord, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time . . .” Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands, he prayed, “Let me die with the Philistines.” (vv. 28-30 NLT) Samson’s story, from […]
Living in the Tension
Read: Exodus 33:15-34:9 The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty. (vv. 6-7) If I want to know God better, it’s important to study […]
Redirection
Read: Proverbs 16:1-9 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. (v. 9 NIV) Planning a trip from New York to San Diego, I could find the fastest route or I could find another thousand roads that will get me to the same destination. If traveling is a metaphor for […]